| 1. |
It is used by for-profit and commercial entities. |
It is used by networking companies or companies that provide the database or hosting services. |
It is used by Non-profit organisations. |
| 2. |
.com is more popular than all other domain names. |
It is less popular than the .com domain. |
It is less popular than the .com domain. |
| 3. |
Verisign is the official provider and registry for the .com domain. |
Verisign is the official provider and registry for the .net domain. |
Public Interest Registry (PIR) is the official provider and registry for the .org domain. |
| 4. |
It is costlier due to its popularity and Verisign being for-profit. |
It is cheaper due to .net being less popular than .com. |
It is cheaper due to the PIR registry being non-profitable. |
| 5. |
Examples : www.google.com, www.bbn.com, www.think.com, www.mcc.com, www.dec.com, www.northrop.com, www.xerox.com. |
Examples : www.behance.net, www. broken.net, www. nsf.net, www. nyser.net, www. uu.net, www.sesqui.net, www. mr.net, www.oar.net. |
Examples : www.geeksforgeeks.org, www.mitre.org, www.src.org, www.super.org, www.aero.org, www.mcnc.org, www.mn.org, www.rti.org. |
| 6. |
It was introduced for catering to commercial entities. |
It was introduced for catering to networking organizations. |
It was introduced for catering to miscellaneous organisations (that did not fit in other categories). |
| 7. |
.com is derived from the word commercial. |
.net is derived from the word networking. |
.org is derived from the word organisation. |
| 8. |
www.verisign.com is its registry website. |
www.verisign.com is its registry website. |
www.pir.com is its registry website. |
| 9. |
www.symbolics.com was the first site to be named under .com domain. |
www.nordu.net was the first site to be named under .net domain. |
www.mitre.org was the first site to be named under .org domain. |